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beaver away

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Verb1.beaver away - work hard on something
work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
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? beaver away
vi (inf)schuften (inf) (→ at an +dat)


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I just tend to get my head down and beaver away in the background.
Day in, day out accountants beaver away identifying "cost savings" and "efficiencies", oblivious to the fact that they may well end up destroying the very essence of the product on which they are working.
I'll beaver away there, I'm sure there are plenty of candidates more qualified than I am.
 
 
 
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